Question

Statement 1: Glucose is stored in animals in the form of glycogen

Statement 2: The polysaccharides found in the exoskeleton of an insect is cellulose

• A. Both statements are false
• B. Both the statements are true
• C. Statement 1 is false and statement 2 is true
• D. Statement 1 is true and statement 2 is false

Answer 1

The correct option is D

Statement 1 is true and statement 2 is false

Starches are large, branched polymers of glucose that store energy for plants. Likewise, glycogen is a glucose polymer that is stored by animal cells for energy. Animals store glucose in the form of glycogen. Insect exoskeletons are made of chitin. Chitin is a polysaccharide, a type of carbohydrate that has a basic structure of a repeating chain of sugar molecules.